Brooks covered this well in Mythical Man Month about the Surgeon, also detailed in [1]. It's nice to have a meritocracy, and when you can have a college of fai

Brooks covered this well in Mythical Man Month about the Surgeon, also detailed in [1]. It's nice to have a meritocracy, and when you can have a college of fair altruistic equals, it's great. When you don't have that and need to get things done, get a dictator or a surgeon. [1] http://wiki.c2.com/?SurgicalTeam http://wiki.c2.com/?SurgicalTeam